ok well i didnt restore my computer just yet..I got some recovery tools and i found my files..Im not as stupid as you guys think lol i went trough the partitions and i found the NTFS file system...

i guess i just did things without thinking...i was only trying to install backtrack didnt know it would overwrite vista :/ oh well now to restore my computer :(

................:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG....this is bullshit man..my computer doesnt have a system restore option when i boot it. all i have is the...

"Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30394 cylinders
units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x5000000

Device Boot Start End...

Oh, it says "Cannot open /dev/sda"

nevermind that it says...
"Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30394 cylinders
units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280...

yea i got into root user and i saved the file successfully but now i restarted and its like nothing happened..i opened the file again and it still had the changes..i double checked for any errors but...

thankyou i got that part working...so now after that i restart and it should be working right?

I restarted and it did the same thing...booted right back into backtrack :/
By the way when i opened...

Easy for you to say...i had all my life in that computer!! everything from files to pictures and programs. There has to be a way...how do i change into root user?

I did what you said. It said "Error writing /boot/grub/grub.conf: Permission denied" when i tried to save it....??

I need help uninstalling backtrack 4. I installed it using ubiquity installer or something and it installed backtrack 4 now i cant boot into windows vista only backtrack, when i turn on my computer...